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This site is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Hope I win the Harvard Classics. Why? Because I still believe in the strength of a liberal arts education based on a familiarity of the classics, the five foot shelf and lifelong learning.

Harvard University Press does some great design work. I have a few volumes from their Oriental Series as well as the Loeb Classics, and the quality matches up nicely with the tastefulness of the design.

Before I read this post, I was reading an email from the liaison librarian at my uni. I needed access to some old print journals, and he told me that the library had access to the fulltext online. While happy that I can finally get to browse through the journal, there was something that was missing.

I think I was quite looking forward to flipping through old dusty books, looking at the words, feeling the pages between my fingers. And I'm feeling a little sad now, that we're reading more stuff online, than holding an actual physical book on our hands. The thing for me is that browsing through the actual collection is MUCH easier to get a quick overview than scrolling and clicking through webpages.

Okay, maybe this is sort of a rant, but I think you would understand what I mean. I hope that the person who gets this will not treat it as just another collection or worse, decoration for their house or bookshelf.

I am SO excited about this! I don't know what I'd do if I won. Simply Gorgeous! So, I left a comment on FB too! Awe I haven't been to the Green Monster in forever! The only thing green around here are the dr.'s scrubs!

My son is graduating from High School May and heading off to college. He LOVES to read the classics and loves to have his own books, not just ones he has to share with the family. This would be the perfect graduation gift for him! Hope I get picked! :-)